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HUNDREDS of women from the Rido community in Kaduna State have taken to the streets protesting their inability to conceive blaming environmental pollution from a nearby chemical plant for their plight.

ELEVEN members of the Biafran Zionist Federation (BZF) have been denied bail by the Federal High Court in Enugu as they await trial over their attempted burning down of the Enugu State Broadcasting Service building last year.

FRANCE and Cameroon have become involved in a diplomatic row after the Cameroonian Army captured eight French nationals during its recent crackdown on Boko Haram and insisted in trying them rather than hand them over to Paris.

BORNO State clergyman Pastor Kallamu Dikwa has alleged that the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can) received N7bn (£23m) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan.

BOKO Haram has released 158 women and children it abducted from Katarko village in Yobe State in an indication that with the tightening noose, it can no longer afford to cater for large numbers of hangers-ons.

NIGERIA'S main opposition party the All Progressives Congress (APC) has written to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) asking him to abide by a court ruling that forbids the use of soldiers during elections.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has promised the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) that he will do whatever he can to help it revive the country's footballing fortunes and restore the glory days of old.

GOVERNMENT officials have called on Nigerians to stage a solidarity march in support of the country's soldiers involved a brutal war against Boko Haram terrorists in a bid to boost the troops' morale and lift their spirits.

FORMER defence minister Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has defied critics urging him to decline his recent nomination for ministerial appointment following his involvement in the Ekiti election rigging scandal by insisting he will take up the appointment.

CHADIAN troops have won another major victory in the ongoing battle against Boko Haram by recapturing the town of Dikwa in Borno State from the terrorists after a major battle during which hundreds of insurgents were killed.